India stocks lower at close of trade; Nifty 50 down 0.14%

Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Capital Goods and Metals sectors led shares higher.

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 0.32%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 0.21%.

The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (NS:ONGC), which rose 3.59% or 9.13 points to trade at 263.49 at the close. Meanwhile, SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:SBIL) added 3.00% or 43.10 points to end at 1,477.75 and HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd (NS:HDFL) was up 2.29% or 13.90 points to 619.85 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT), which fell 1.90% or 37.15 points to trade at 1,915.90 at the close. Trent Ltd (NS:TREN) declined 1.77% or 124.05 points to end at 6,874.30 and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) was down 1.63% or 66.70 points to 4,028.30.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Tata Motors Ltd (BO:TAMO) which rose 2.17% to 792.75, Reliance Industries Ltd (BO:RELI) which was up 1.83% to settle at 1,240.45 and ICICI Bank Ltd (BO:ICBK) which gained 1.24% to close at 1,280.00.

The worst performers were HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was down 1.73% to 1,918.60 in late trade, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which lost 1.53% to settle at 4,032.00 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was down 0.93% to 1,670.00 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 1687 to 542 and 151 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 2488 rose and 1304 declined, while 100 ended unchanged.

The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 6.31% to 14.66.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.28% or 7.54 to $2,654.94 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.15% or 0.11 to hit $73.67 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.35% or 0.27 to trade at $76.57 a barrel.

USD/INR was down 0.01% to 85.74, while EUR/INR rose 0.34% to 89.36.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 107.82.

Investing.com – India stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Power, Public Sector Undertakings and Metals sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 fell 1.56%, while the BSE Sensex 30 index declined 1.54%.

The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH), which rose 1.79% or 130.80 points to trade at 7,429.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Tata Consumer Products Ltd (NS:TACN) added 0.79% or 7.45 points to end at 946.90 and Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) was up 0.54% or 18.75 points to 3,470.40 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were ITC Ltd (NS:ITC), which fell 8.09% or 38.95 points to trade at 442.65 at the close. Tata Steel Ltd (NS:TISC) declined 4.47% or 6.18 points to end at 132.18 and Trent Ltd (NS:TREN) was down 4.23% or 309.35 points to 6,998.35.

The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which rose 0.77% to 3,475.65, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which was up 0.01% to settle at 1,849.30 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which lost 0.03% to close at 1,689.35.

The worst performers were Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which was down 4.37% to 132.25 in late trade, NTPC Ltd (BO:NTPC) which lost 3.65% to settle at 327.45 and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which was down 3.32% to 1,778.00 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 2088 to 209 and 125 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 3303 fell and 631 advanced, while 113 ended unchanged.

Shares in Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd. (NS:APLH) rose to all time highs; rising 1.79% or 130.80 to 7,429.15.

The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 14.83% to 15.55 a new 1-month high.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.41% or 10.90 to $2,643.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $73.95 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $76.48 a barrel.

USD/INR was up 0.06% to 85.82, while EUR/INR rose 0.49% to 88.80.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 108.47.